Make yourself a Martian

I used photoshop to take a regular face-shot of me into a green, alien-looking creature. I gave myself a third eye, expanded my head, altered my nose, raised my eyebrows, turned myself green, made my eyes glow, and gave myself horns.

Voki

Voki, a free website, allows you to create and customize your own avatar. You can change the color and style of the hair, skin, nose, and more. You can choose all of the clothing and accessories also. You are even able to record your own voice and have the avatar say it.

Animoto

Animoto is a free website (you can "go pro" for more features) that allows you to create fantastic, professional-looking videos in minutes. I made one using pictures from my spring break this year:

And one using the pictures that they have on the website:

Adobe Illustrator Word Creation

I typed a word in Adobe Illustrator, and then used some of the unique features it has to stretch and modify the letters to sort of make the word come to life. I typed "Spikes" and then make spikes with all of the edges of the letters.

First Adobe Illustrator

I created this cartoon character with Adobe Illustrator. It was the first time I ever used Illustrator, but the controls and options are a lot like Photoshop, so I was able to get the hang of it pretty quick.